Examples of family name in a Sentence
Her family name is Smith.
searched for their family name on a popular genealogy website
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However, unlike similar programs, these folks have to stay true to their Southern roots and family names, a difficult feat in today’s modern world.
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Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
The move to mirror the suffocation of fame and family name by making the show’s scope increasingly claustrophobic is not untrodden territory.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2026
The husband can take the wife’s name or the wife can take the husband’s name, but only one family name.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
But the president backed off after appeals from San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and tech executives, including Marc Benioff, the Salesforce CEO whose family name is attached to the Oakland children’s hospital.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
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Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
The move to mirror the suffocation of fame and family name by making the show’s scope increasingly claustrophobic is not untrodden territory.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2026
The husband can take the wife’s name or the wife can take the husband’s name, but only one family name.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
But the president backed off after appeals from San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and tech executives, including Marc Benioff, the Salesforce CEO whose family name is attached to the Oakland children’s hospital.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Family name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20name. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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